Gallery 5 board member Steve Kowalski stopped by the Daily Gazette podcast to discuss "Place Your Bets on Art," a Pop-Up with Purpose exhibit running from June 5 to 7 at the Electric City Apartments, 236 State Street in Downtown Schenectady.

More than 40 artists will showcase their paintings, sculptures, photographs, collages, prints, and lithographs at this free event.

The two artists in the podcast studio, Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp. Program Director Shenandoah Briere and Kowalski discuss the creation of art, their journeys into the art world as Stan Hudy, Daily Gazette Business Editor, listens...artfully.

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